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... on flu remedies? I'm full of the flu, aching, feverish, sore throat, etc. I've been to the Chemist this morning and spent £14 on remedies.
So far this morning i've had 2 x extra strength paracetamols, 2 x Lemsips, 1 x spoonful of Cough Medicine, 5 x Strepsils (well I like them, they're like sweets) and I've sprayed my throat with one of them Godawful sprays.
I'm delirious
You ought to be careful (seriously); Lemsips contain paracetamol as well. Fresh lemon juice with caribbean honey and hot water is better than Lemsip and you can still take the paracetamol. (Of course, if you have no lemons to hand, scotch, sugar & hot water is an alternative).
Go to bed and sweat it out!
A bout of early morning heavy drinking could help.BEER THE BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS.Hope this helps.
You can easily overdose on paracetemol. Tragically, there are no short-term effects but you can easily get organ damage from taking too much. Wino's right, you don't want to mix paracetemol with anything else that contains it.
Whenever Littleinoil is ill, the doctors advise alternating between Calpol (which has paracetemol in it) and Nurophen. This gives constant relief, but allows time for each drug to clear your system.
The best remedy for a cold is to stay in bed and masturbate as much as you can.
Actually, I'm not sure if it helps the cold, but if you've got a day off work, why not spend it wisely?
EDIT: I jsut carnt spel
Stop spreading the virus through msn, Missy!!!!!
I feel very weak too! Except that I'm not a hypochondriac like you. No remedies for me, thank you very much 
Wino wrote: You ought to be careful (seriously); Lemsips contain paracetamol as well. Fresh lemon juice with caribbean honey and hot water is better than Lemsip and you can still take the paracetamol. (Of course, if you have no lemons to hand, scotch, sugar & hot water is an alternative).
Go to bed and sweat it out!
Can I ask what is special about Caribbean honey?? Intrigued!
Ness Order wrote:
Wino wrote: You ought to be careful (seriously); Lemsips contain paracetamol as well. Fresh lemon juice with caribbean honey and hot water is better than Lemsip and you can still take the paracetamol. (Of course, if you have no lemons to hand, scotch, sugar & hot water is an alternative).
Go to bed and sweat it out!
Can I ask what is special about Caribbean honey?? Intrigued!
It's supposed to be one of the purest - apparently
You know you are beginning to turn into your Mum when you start buying the same things! It'll be Tena Lady and American Tan tights next!
Wino wrote:
Ness Order wrote:
Wino wrote: You ought to be careful (seriously); Lemsips contain paracetamol as well. Fresh lemon juice with caribbean honey and hot water is better than Lemsip and you can still take the paracetamol. (Of course, if you have no lemons to hand, scotch, sugar & hot water is an alternative).
Go to bed and sweat it out!
Can I ask what is special about Caribbean honey?? Intrigued!
It's supposed to be one of the purest - apparently
and an Ena Sharples hairnet and grocery trolley.
Thanks for your good advice everybody, especially Col.
Maya my leg is being amputated on Thursday. At least i'll be able to steal shoes from outside shoe shops now, and on the plus side, Paul McCartney wants my number 
you could always try scotch, vodka or rum. that seems to do the trick every time I get a sore throat.
yes it is easy to overdose on paracetamol or aspirin. used in high does they will cause liver or kidney damage.
Don't take more than 800 mg per 8 hours. That's the max before you start getting liver damage.
The cool thing about your liver is that if you are kind to it, unlike many other organs, it can self-repair. Trust me, I'd be dead if the damage was cumulative.
The uncool thing, as has already been mentioned, is that there are no instant symptoms. I remember seeing a fly ont wall documentary once......this geezer necked like 50 paracetamol to kill himself. He woke up in hossy, and was all glad it "hadn't worked", full of love of life....until the doctor told him he had exactly 3 days to live. He turned yellow and died right on cue.
I must confess I've gone over the safe dose a few times in throes of agony (before the doc gave me trammadol), but always took it easy thereafter to give my inerds a chance to heal.....or I'd be toast.
I actually checked safe doses online, strangely, while the dosage on a box of paracetamol is the exact deadly dose, Ibuprofen can actually be necked in twice the stated quantity
Jems, I don't know what all taht shit you are taking is...
but I always like to down some whiskey...the kind from the States, when I've got a fever...don't know if it really helps the fever, but damn do I feel better...or at least I forget that I feel bad!!!
I always found smoking a rock or two eases the pain away. Crack......medicine for what ails you.
JHC
Diamond White wrote:
The best remedy for a cold is to stay in bed and masturbate as much as you can.
Are you suggesting Jemma is a wanker?
Doctor? wrote:
this geezer necked like 50 ... He turned yellow and died right on cue.
Be careful!! If you don't need the tickets for next month
I promise to leave em to you if I decide to eat 3 lbs of paracetamol vindaloo :D
thing is, that if Jem had a mild case of liver dysfunction coming on.....how could anyone tell :D
Ness Order wrote:
Wino wrote: You ought to be careful (seriously); Lemsips contain paracetamol as well. Fresh lemon juice with caribbean honey and hot water is better than Lemsip and you can still take the paracetamol. (Of course, if you have no lemons to hand, scotch, sugar & hot water is an alternative).
Go to bed and sweat it out!
Can I ask what is special about Caribbean honey?? Intrigued!
i got stung by a bee yesterday.
bastard charged me forty quid for a jar of honey.
Diamond White wrote: I've just realised - did Missy mean this to be a poll?
ere, ere.when your outside the doctors next time with ya hairnet on, stop and think flu injection.has parkinsons set in yet young lady.serious though get well soon...
Thanks Spam, i'm still under the weather, feel awful. Hopefully be back to normal by October! You doing any of the gigs?
Missy Jem wrote: I need them now, my skin colour at this moment is blue.
I'm worried for you Missy Jem.....
It sounds like you might have a bad case of smurfitus
Missy Jem wrote: Fuck you all very much.
now that sounds like a way to cure what ails you!!!
:p
Minx wrote:
Missy Jem wrote: I need them now, my skin colour at this moment is blue.
I'm worried for you Missy Jem..... It sounds like you might have a bad case of smurfitus
Minx where did you get those photo's, that's my family, respect our privacy please
Missy Jem wrote:
Minx wrote:
Missy Jem wrote: I need them now, my skin colour at this moment is blue.
I'm worried for you Missy Jem..... It sounds like you might have a bad case of smurfitus
Minx where did you get those photo's, that's my family, respect our privacy please
Just as I thought.... obviously it's highly contagious
Is this a symptom too?
Missy Jem wrote: Thanks Spam, i'm still under the weather, feel awful. Hopefully be back to normal by October! You doing any of the gigs?
yeh, hopefully going down south to see the mighty monty and re-order sounds a goodnite. saw re-order at the witchwood earlier this year top fella's.banshee's my kind of gigg organiser so i'll just skip behind. what you doing missy jem?
I don't know how much is fatal or harmful, but I don't think people should be overdosing on any kind of medicine.
leather_girl wrote: I don't know how much is fatal or harmful, but I don't think people should be overdosing on any kind of medicine.
what's wrong with an overdose every know and than?
Missy Jem wrote: Fuck you all very much for your kind and helpful comments.
That sounds like a nice way of getting rid of the lurgy. :D
leather_girl wrote: I don't know how much is fatal or harmful, but I don't think people should be overdosing on any kind of medicine.
Well, take it from me, if you are in pain, and taking the safe dose LEAVES you in pain, you gotta take more. The way I see it is this, side effects must by definition be milder than the main effect, or they would not be called SIDE effects. Therefore, if the MAIN effect has not happened nor have the side effects. Before my Dr gave me Trammadol, I was, on some days, necking almost TWICE the safe dose of paracetamol, which, should really have killed me, but I always tried to flush my system out when the worst of the pain passed. I've even overdone it on the Trammadol a few times, on the days when even getting off my arse and going to the toilet was like a 100 mile trek in agony. Fortunately, being an opoid ( which, I believe denotes a man made chemical as opposed to an opiate which would be naturally derrived.....is there a molecular chemist in the house?), it's not all that toxic and the main effect was to render me off-my-baps and not a lot of use for anything.....which is bloody funny now that I'm back at work..."Steve....STEVE!!!! are you fucking here or what nobhead"
Digital Mike wrote: Why arn't Blackcurrent flavoured lemsips, called BLACKSIPS?
A valid point good sir.
I reckon Kath's right tho, better off with REAL honey and lemon.
bansheeman wrote: i think ive caught jem's cold by reading this thread
so have I and my cure only half worked. I no longer have a sore throat. everything else is running.
spam wrote:
Missy Jem wrote: Thanks Spam, i'm still under the weather, feel awful. Hopefully be back to normal by October! You doing any of the gigs?
yeh, hopefully going down south to see the mighty monty and re-order sounds a goodnite. saw re-order at the witchwood earlier this year top fella's.banshee's my kind of gigg organiser so i'll just skip behind. what you doing missy jem?
Bournemouth
Wembley
"Event"
Wolves
Blackpool
Both Glasgow
Hopefully see you there
Weren't you at the Witchwood when we were
bansheeman wrote: i think ive caught jem's cold by reading this thread
HOW. DARE. YOU.
IT'S THE FLU!!!!!!!!!!!!
:dead:
No, I'M ALIVE!! I still feel awful though :(
Was hoping to be better by today, hopefully be good tomorrow, i've not had a drink for nearly a week that's how ill i was 
I'll try that.
